[CINC] Condor X 7/16/10/ Important P.S.

[Paul Jr. Petrich]

Important P.S.! Skipper Dave noted, on one actual mini-fluke of Mama Blue, she had definite scares on her flukes identifying that she had a serious encounter with active nets or Ghost Nets in the distant past. They were a long time healed.  Paul

From: ppetrich39 at hotmail.com
To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 09:05:38 -0700
Subject: [CINC] Condor X 7/16/10








Ahoy Volunteers, Capt. Dave considerately warned all 90 signed up passengers for the trip that rough sea were forecast on the way to our distant whale watching destination at the Ledge off the NW shore of Santa Rosa Island: And that the day before most passengers got sea sick. Only two opted to accept pre-boarding rain-checks. So Don Shubert (PID), Dick Bellman, and myself departed with 88 passengers on a voyage that hopefully would produce better results than the day prior's experience for all aboard (a rare zero sighting day for the season). It certainly did! Aboard we had passengers from France, Austria, The Netherlands, and many points east in the USA. Lots of young kids, too. To the latter's delight, half way out, and staying with us for a half hour, we encountered a very wide spread pod of Common Dolphin. At The Ledge, we encountered a Mamma Blue and her calf, getting great views of both for over a half hour in surprisingly calm seas. On turning for home we briefly visited with two more Blues. Capt. Dave took us into Painted cave at Santa Cruz, as far as the high tide allowed, and he and we volunteers shared our CINP and TNC knowledge with a lot of inquisitive first time So. Cal visitors.  The Condor X crew of Jacque, Dennis (DG), and Bob Perry (photos) had an easy time of it compared to the day prior. No obvious sea sick passengers! However, we volunteers had a great opportunity to share our knowledge about the unique blend of micro-climates we have in our CINP and CINMS region! While we and all passengers were up top in shirt sleeves and shorts near Santa Barbara, by the time we were turning back to Painted Cave, it was overcast and all aboard were bundled up and inside, dodging a very cool marine windchill! Yet, as we approached our Paradise Coastline of SB, the sun was out again, the water was calm and clear, and a pod of 75 Long Beaked Commons put on a great show, and I went straight to the beach after docking!    Paul Petrich
  		 	   		  
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